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The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

US attorney general says Trump likely ‘going to be finished’ after second term

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Pam Bondi speaks during a meeting with Donald Trump and members of his cabinet in Washington DC on 24 March. Photograph: ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, has expressed skepticism about the idea of Donald Trump serving a third term in the White House, saying that when her boss’s current presidency ends on 20 January 2029, he is probably “going to be finished”.

Bondi’s comments come just a week after Trump gave his most blunt indication yet that he was seriously considering trying for a third term to follow up ones that began in 2017 and this past January – despite the clear prohibition against doing so enshrined in the US constitution.

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